Sun Dance Chief Rueben George Director of Community Development for the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Indigenous Community Organizer, and Spiritual Leader Sun Dance Chief Rueben George of the Tsleil-­Waututh Nation is an Indigenous community organizer and spiritual leader....

Samay Cuji Gualinga is a Kichwa Indigenous woman, born in the Province of Sucumbio -Lagoagrio in Ecuador. She practices traditional face painting and hair care. Samay is also a singer and composer of Amazonian indigenous music with her band Samay Taky. Samay has a...

Flavio Santi, Ayui Yu Flavio Santi is an Indigenous Ki-Shuar leader, hereditary shaman, and plant medicine healer of the Ayuy Yu clan of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Since the 1990s, he has led an international effort to buy back thousands of acres of jungle in his...

G. William (Bill) Barnard is a Professor of Religious Studies, as well as a University Distinguished Teaching Professor, at Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, Texas. His primary areas of research interests are the comparative philosophy of mysticism, religion...

Susan Beaulieu (She/Her), Healing Justice Director, is Anishinaabe and an enrolled member of the Red Lake Nation. Susan has worked directly with Indigenous communities over 17 years in a variety of capacities including project development, training and facilitation....

Victor Alfonso Cabral, LSW, is an Afro-Latinx professional deeply dedicated to serving and uplifting historically marginalized communities. Drawing from his personal and professional experiences, Victor approaches his work with empathy and strategic insight. His...

Acacea Lewis is the Founder of Divine Master Alchemy LLC, and Divine Master University, a school for Entheogenic Cultural Literacy and Applied Naturopathic Medicine Research.  Acacea is a student of Baba Kilindi Iyi, and teachers from other systems, as well as an...

Ifetayo Harvey founded the People of Color Psychedelic Collective (POCPC). The POCPC educates and builds community with people of color interested in psychedelics and ending the war on drugs. In 2022, Open Society Foundations named Ifetayo a 2022 Soros Justice Fellow....

Susan Leopold, PhD, is an ethnobotanist and passionate defender of biodiversity. Prior to working at United Plant Savers, she worked as a librarian at the Oak Spring Garden Library, specializing in digitizing rare herbals and botanical travel manuscripts. She...

Ismail Lourido Ali, JD (he/him or they/them) has been personally utilizing psychedelics and other substances in celebratory and spiritual contexts for over fifteen years, and has been actively participating in the drug policy reform movement for a decade. Ismail is...

"Plant Technology: Shipibo Cosmovision”. Marco Sánchez is a practitioner and researcher of plant technology. He assists in facilitating healing trough the teachings of shipibo cosmovision technology from the Amazon. Marco has been practicing and learning for over 17...

Melanie Waterfall has over twenty-five years of experience in various spiritual and personal growth modalities with and without the use of plant medicine. As an Addiction Recovery and Psycho-Spiritual Integration Coach, Yoga Instructor and a certified Death Doula,...

Richard is a founder of The Sentinel Retreat & Wellness Centre in Kaslo B.C., which hosts providers of plant medicines for group and individuals and offers training for psychedelic practitioners.  He is a co-founding board member of the Psychedelic Association of...

Growing up in British Columbia, Canada, Simon developed a strong affinity for nature with creative foundations in visual art and music. In 2004 he gravitated towards painting as a full-time endeavor bringing his musical background into the visual realm. Simon has...

Curtis Andrews is a Canadian musician with global persuasions; a percussionist/composer/teacher who creates music that is informed by his many years of experience with West African, South Indian and jazz traditions yet transcends most categories. In June 2009 he moved...